evolver

It seems to proclaim that I am one who purposefully evolves, over and above one who tries to; it seems almost self-gratifying, though I know that's not a bad thing to be (an "evolver"; not self-gratifying).

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The Axial Age gives us the most telling evidence: to use our formalism, we can say that the sudden macro punctuation we see in the brief interval of the Axial period is the macroevolutionary component of the 'evolver', while the micro aspect is (not natural selection!!) the historical realization of the macro component, the actual history generated.

Darwiniana nemo 2010

'evolver' or macro in this case is the process of 'sudden speciation', whatever that was, the punctuator, while the micro process is the equilibrium adjustment period in between, the stable period after speciation has occurred (quite rapidly, says Gould, in many cases).

Darwiniana nemo 2010

But for some reason, evolver seems to bring with it a weight I wasn't quite prepared to carry.

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Ooooh, I'm an evolver, I couldn't paedomorphosize if I tried!

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Vishnu and Siva as a triad of equal and more or less interchangeable deities in which Brahmá held the office of creator, or rather evolver, Vishnu of preserver, and Siva of dissolver.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

He thought this very suitable for the evolver of Twist's Non-Trickler, and it was only when they were being rushed along at what the twins, used to the behaviour of London taxis and not altogether unacquainted with the prudent and police-supervised deliberation of the taxis of

Christopher and Columbus Elizabeth von Arnim 1903

It is not used intransitively; if there is a paragoge, there must be ho paragon, and similarly if there is evolution or development, there must be an evolver or developer.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

Brahman is, it is true, represented there as the object to be obtained by the released soul; but as the released soul cannot be the evolver of names and forms, &c., we must conclude that it is Brahman

The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881

'Ether, indeed, is the evolver of names and forms' (Ch.Up. VIII, 14, 1, and so on).

The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881